Hypacostemma
Hypacostemma is a genus of leafhoppers in the subfamily Deltocephalinae. It is the only genus in the tribe Hypacostemmini. Hypacostemma contains at least 5 described species distributed throughout Southern Africa. Hypacostemma are usually large greenish leafhoppers with a length between 7-10 mm.[1]
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| Tribe: | Hypacostemmini Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy, 1983
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| Genus: | Hypacostemma Linnavuori, 1961
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| Hypacostemma uniformis Distant, 1910
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Species
[edit]There are currently 5 described species in Hypacostemma:[1][2]
- Hypacostemma brevis Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma devia Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma falcata Theron, 1987
- Hypacostemma uniformis Distant, 1910
- Hypacostemma viridissima Linnavuori, 1961
References
[edit]- ^ a b Zahniser, James N; Dietrich, Chris (2013-05-29). "A review of the tribes of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (45). doi:10.5852/ejt.2013.45. ISSN 2118-9773.
- ^ Zahniser, J.N. 2007-present. An online interactive key and searchable database of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). http://zahniser.speciesfile.org/